FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
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The rose is also symbolical of England, but for 
which we would select the variegated or car¬ 
nation rose, commonly called the York and 
Lancaster rose. 
“ Emblem of England, hail ! thou fairest flower, 
That paints the garden and perfumes the gale.” 
Fitzjohn. 
BEAUTY ALWAYS NEW. 
China Rose.— R osu Semperflorens. 
“ Rose, 
Unbent by winds, unchill’d by snows. 
Far from the winters of the west. 
By every breeze and season blest. 
Returns the sweets by nature given 
In softest incense back to heaven; 
And grateful yields that smiling sky. 
Her fairest hue, and fragrant sigh.” 
Lord Byron. 
Moderate beauty when combined with in¬ 
nocent playfulness is constantly delighting by 
